Investment Q&A

Q: Selling BIPC for tax loss and planning to rebuy iin 30 days. Can you please suggest a proxy? Or not.
Many thanks and Happy Holidays
C

Q: Hi, Energy sector has been weak for past few months, for a variety of reasons. Oil and NG prices have been drifting lower and OPEC keeps sending mixed signals. US sanctions on Russia have only produced a muted response, with their Oil finding its way to India, China and many other countries. Oil is hovering back to $70 level and still there is no sign of US ready to fill in their SPR. After a strong 2021 and 2022 (and 1st half of 2023), do you think, current weakness could be temporary and it's just a short term breather ? Or, considering the cyclic nature of the sector ( possible recession concerns ) and history, it might be time to take some profits and reduce the sector weight, from your generally suggested 10% to say 5% ? If so, would you trim equally or in any order among these holdings ? Thank You

Q: Peter; Does the family have a controlling stock position ? And do any institutions hold a large portion? Thanks.
Rod

Q: If a person has quite a high capital gain in SLF would you still endorse selling to a 2.5% and buying IFC or just continue to hold SLF?

Thanks

Q: I am not a TAX expert but I thought that any option premium collected today should be claimed in 2023 not 2024. Since income is coming this year not next year.


Q: Good morning 5i
Looked on Google for an answer for this question but couldn’t find anything. If i sell a covered call option today with an expiration date in January, in which the stock is called away, in what year would I pay the capital gains tax, 23 or 24?
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Asked by joseph on December 08, 2023
5I RESEARCH ANSWER:
The stock will be sold in 2024, so is taxable in 2024. The options will be closed out in 2024, so the premium is also taxable in 2024 (as a capital gain).

Q: Would you switch from SYZ to TIXT? Which has the better long term prospects?

Q: If you wanted to add to either TOI or SHOP but only have money for one which would you choose?

Thanks

Q: Hello Peter,
I am thinking of increasing my weight to 5 percent for Fortis. I understand that the company has been stable for long time with increasing dividends, but is it possible that it could run into headwinds as Algonquin did? I am wondering if i should stick to 3 percent and put the other 2 percent in hydro one and Emera.. Thanks very much

Q: Good Morning,

Your recent answer on FCIV prompts me to ask the following. How would you compare it to ZDI.
Investment yield compares favourably for ZDI but 3 yr ttl return favors FCIV with an asset blend that is quite different. At first I was going to shift from ZDI to FCIV.
However with the heavier trend toward Real Estate (1.86% vs 9.32%) and Industrials (11.26% vs 23.71%) for FCIV is now prompting me to go 50/50 on these etfs for diversification. Any suggestions.

Q: Can you recommend a few other Canadian value stocks like SLF, with a low P/E, good dividend and little or no debt - it would appear that SLF has a net of about $74B in cash.
Thanks!

Q: Can you provide you view on this company. How do you like the risk/reward factor? What does the runway look like until fresh cash flow and profitability growth kicks in?
thx

Q: Which Canadian companies do you think had the best quarterly results given the economy, macroeconomic conditions, inflation, etc?
Thank you

Q: How would you think about this company, in terms of debt? Too much?

Thanks.

Q: Hi team,

Which Canadian and U.S. stocks do you see as presently having positive momentum leading to strong growth in a near future ?

Have a good day,

Jacques IDS

Q: Most of the recent news on NTAR has been positive. They seem to be doing some business with Amazon and other large retailers yet the stock is near historic lows. Tour thoughts please. Thanks

Q: Are there any decent long-term growth small/micro-cap names in the phosphate/agricultural fertilizer business?

Q: What are the best stocks in the data memory storage space?

Q: Would appreciate your current opinion on YGR after last report. Thanks

Q: Mr. Hodson, I recall an appearance of your’s on market call several years back, when you deviated from your small to mid cap Canadian equity mandate and recommended Micron technologies because it was simply ‘stupid cheap’ at the time.

Are there any companies out there, CAD or US that would qualify as stupid cheap currently, and hard to ignore as a result. Are any of them compelling enough to buy?

Thank you.

Q: For a purchase today would you pick ZEB or XLF? Or perhaps you have a preferred alternative in the financial sector?